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One of the most fascinating thing about troubled relationships is how much habits are to blame. People tend to get into these patterns in relationships that are damaging, and break down the trust and connection between two people over time.
That’s why when you’re stuck in unhealthy...

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of men and women addicted to internet pornography. This is a very real addiction – one that can hurt your relationships, your personal life, your work life, and more.
An addiction to pornography can negatively affect your life in a...

Whether you’re dating, married, separated, or divorced, every relationship can have its struggles. Communication can break down and bad habits can be created. Over time, relationships can become very difficult to repair on your own.
That’s why it’s important to create a safe space that...

Social anxiety is a common struggle. As much as 15% of Long Island residents currently deal with some form of social anxiety, and many more experience a level of discomfort and shyness that, while it may not qualify as “social anxiety,” is still damaging to your day to day life.
Overcoming...

When it comes to maintaining your mental health, your self-esteem plays a very important role. How you feel about yourself affects how you see the world, so if you’re not loving yourself it’s often hard to see the love, affection, and approval in others.
That’s why as a Long Island...

You spend 40+ hours a week in the office, for some 40 years of your life. During that time, it’s not uncommon to find that the stress of work is overwhelming, that you aren’t thriving in your professional life as you’d hope, or possibly that you’re simply not clear where you want to go with...

Drug addiction is a serious problem, even beyond the health issues associated with using dangerous substances. Addiction can affect your finances, your social life, your behaviors, and even your ability to cope with stress. That’s why drug addiction is a bigger problem than simply health. Not...

Anxiety is not simply nervousness. It is an uncontrollable fear, stress, and even physical symptoms in situations that do not warrant it. Anxiety can also be self-sustaining. You find yourself in an uncomfortable situation, that anxiety affects how you act in that situation in a negative way, and...

Stress can affect your brain chemistry. It can make it so that your mind processes information more negatively, more sadly, and more cynically. And unfortunately, when this occurs, your mind believes in those feelings. They feel natural, normal, and justifiable.
This is what happens when you...

Being a grown up is hard. You have to go to work. You have to take care of your friends and family. You have to hold dinner parties and be polite to those that you do not like. There are a lot of rules and expectations about what it means to be an adult and what it means to be a kid. At some point,...